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Serbs voting for new parliament | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Serbs are going to the polls in the country's first general election since its union with Montenegro was dissolved last year. | |
About 6.5m people can vote and the basic choice is between the hardline nationalists and parties that are more pro-European and pro-reform. | About 6.5m people can vote and the basic choice is between the hardline nationalists and parties that are more pro-European and pro-reform. |
One difficult issue that will face any incoming government will be that of the disputed province of Kosovo. | One difficult issue that will face any incoming government will be that of the disputed province of Kosovo. |
The UN is expected to make a decision on Kosovo's long-term future this year. | The UN is expected to make a decision on Kosovo's long-term future this year. |
The BBC's Nick Hawton in Belgrade says the campaign has been largely devoid of the issues that have dominated in the past, such as co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal and Kosovo. | |
Instead other concerns such as the economy, privatisation, European integration and corruption have taken centre stage. | Instead other concerns such as the economy, privatisation, European integration and corruption have taken centre stage. |
Coalition expected | |
Voting is expected to be split between President Boris Tadic's pro-European Democratic Party (DS), conservative Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj's nationalist SRS. | |
Opinion polls have indicated that no party will win a majority outright but the president and prime minister are expected to form a coalition. | |
Kosovo will be the first priority for any incoming government, our correspondent says. | |
The UN's chief envoy for the province is due to give his recommendations for its future soon after the election. | The UN's chief envoy for the province is due to give his recommendations for its future soon after the election. |